The Hammond Times Indiana Sept. 13, Saluting those in the service No. 17 for HENSEY It was his 17th bombing mission as a pilot of a Liberator and Lt. W. T. HENSEY, Jr., son of Mr and Mrs. W. T. HENSEY Sr., 5 Warren Street, Calumet City, has the air medal and one Oak Leaf Clustet to show for it. During his Air Corps career he has flown missions over the same territory his dad fought back in WW I. On leave in London several weeks ago, Lt. HENSEY attended church services at Westminister Abbey, and also witnessed a few of the robot bombings. Before enlisting in the Air Forces he was a metallurgist at the Inland Steel Company. __________________________________________________________________________ Sister gets medal Cpl. Edward A. PULKOWSKI, who was wounded recently somewhere in Italy, was awarded the Purple Heart Medal and has sent the medal to his sistet, Mrs. John BEBENEK of 4415 Torrence Avenue, Hammond. PULKOWSKI was with the 715st tank battalion at the time he was wounded and has been with the Army since 1940, volunteering before his graduation. He attended Hammond Tech High School and has been overseas for the past two years. He has a brother in the service, Sgt. Joe PULKOWSKI, stationed somewhere in the South Pacific. He has been with the Marines for the past 14 years. __________________________________________________________________________ Radio Expert T/Sgt. Charles "Bert" COOPER, son of Mr. and Mrs. William L. COOPER of 1046 Eaton Street, is now stationed overseas with a Marine Corps radio unit. Sgt. COOPER entered the service in June, 1943, and received his "boot" training in San Diego. He received advanced radio training at the Radio Material School in Omaha, Neb., graduating from there in May 1944, with a Sergeants rating. He was sent overseas in July of this year. Sgt. COOPER, whose wife, Kathleen and son, Brian Lee, live with his parents, attended Hammond High and was employed as an inspector at the American Steel Foundries before entering the service. _____________________________________________________________________________ PASHON in New Guinea Reporting from New Guinea, Pfc. Artie P. PASHON says he's still there and wants to be remembered to all his home town friends. The Infantry is PASHON'S outfit and he has served overseas 21 months. He attended Hammond Tech, and before joining the Army, was employed by the General American Transportation Company. Artie is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Nick PASHON, 5640 Beall Avenue, Hammond, and has a brother, Sgt. Gail W. PASHON, in England with the Air Force. ____________________________________________________________________________ ZYARA Gets New Rate For a job well done, Uncle Sam has promoted Charles A. ZYARA of Whiting to the rate of yoeman first class. Now stationed at Port Hueneme, Calif. Charlie was employed by the New York Central Railroad at the La Saile Street Station in Chicago before he enlisted in the Navy, Oct. 14, 1943. ____________________________________________________________________________ Wins G. C. Medal Sgt. Rose A. MEYER, daughter of Mrs. Mary OVANEK, 5963? Birch Avenue, Hammond, has won the good conduct award as a WAC order clerk in the material section, Spokane, Wash., Army air field. _____________________________________________________________________________ Sees Italy's Beauty In a recent letter from Rome, Italy, Cpl. Louis GORANOWSKI, son of Mrs. Cecelia GORANOWSKI of 419 155th St., Calumet City, described the picturesque beauty of St. Peter's cathedral and the leaning tower of Pisa which left "me breathless," He is a graduate of Thornton Fractional High School in Calumet City and prior to his enlistment in Sept., 1942, he was employed as a butcher in Whiting. He received basic training at Camp Bowie, and Camp Wolters, Tex. He has been in Italy with an ordnance division of the Army as a repairman for a year. He also participated in the African and Sicilian campaign. _______________________________________________________________________________